Blinken says no one wants war but there's 'momentum' for one

None of the main actors on the Lebanese-Israeli front actually wants a war, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken has said.

“Israel doesn’t want a war, although they may be well-prepared to engage in one if necessary … but they don’t want one,” Blinken said.

“I don’t believe Hezbollah actually wants a war. Lebanon certainly doesn’t want a war, because it would be the leading victim in such a war, and I don’t believe that Iran wants a war,” Blinken added.

“On the one hand, no one actually wants a war. On the other hand, you have forces, momentum that may be leading in that direction, which we are determined to try to arrest,” the top U.S. diplomat went on to say.